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Episode 79: It’s 8:08 on 08/08/08 Somewhere

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 6 2008 (10:30 PM – 12:00 AM) via Skype
    “How’s this for a quick turnaround. But then again we’ve got to get this one out before the world ends today. For now, the guys give short takes on several topics and plan Buffett playlists for football tailgating. Suggest yours at podcast@northcoastcast.com.”

    We’re back on Skype, but with better results than last time. I used a headset and Schmoe used an external mic so our audio is better.
    With all those eight and O’s, it’s too bad this couldn’t’ve been Episode 80!
    00:15 – I’d like to say I was making a joke, but I can’t
    00:50 – this is the photo Mike forwarded to us (two days after this recording) of the damage from Hurricane Eduardo (or was it Dolly?)

“It was a rough one.”

    01:00 – my one and only photo of Moose MacGregor’s, taken before we went to our homes

Moose MacGregor’s from the parking lot

    01:43 – the Today show site no longer archives the video, but Lucy Buffett did leave behind a Wee Burgers recipe
    03:21 – InBev makes a bid on Anheuser-Busch
    06:24 – the official InBev site
    06:48 – Moose MacGregor’s on MySpace
    07:31 – yeah, right. Greg also thought he was on mute for the hour I heard him put his kids to bed, before Episode 78
    07:58 – some more about the Sirius and XM merger, from PC World
    12:11 – see, I try t be clever and always end up wrong. The “Judas!” comment, when Bob Dylan went electric, did not occur at the Newport Folk Festival. It happened later, in Manchester, England. So says Wikipedia.
    12:38 – I would love to get a copy of this Drew & Mike interview but I can’t find it anywhere
    16:34 – Jock Jams 1 and/or Jock Jams 2, at Amazon
    17:25 – Carnival Steel Drum Collections, at Amazon
    17:55 – whoops! Schmoe set off the double entendre alarm! Usually Scott’s to blame.
    18:12 – the Mayans and 2012. it must be true. It has its own domain!
    19:17 – that one goes out to all you Beatles Christmas record fans out there
    20:01 – as discussed in Episode 40
    A few things were edited out of the recording, not the least of which was an injury at Greg’s house where a heavy frozen food fell out of his freezer, injuring the bare foot of a house guest.

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Episode 78: Schmype

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 30 2008 (10:00 PM – 12:30 AM) via Skype
    “Our bad luck streak with tech continues as the guys try their first Skype call to discuss Listener Ed’s review of the Alpine Valley concert.”

    Greg and I were the first ones online for this call, and I recorded almost an hour of background noise as he made a late dinner and put his kids to bed. I thought I would improve my sound by talking into a USB microphone but in fact it picked up lots of room noise as well as fan noise from my desktop computer. Luckily I was recording myself on a separate track and could mix myself out when not talking. I guess it went okay, for our first time; and it felt kind of fun to be using Skype like the real podcasts do.
    00:28 – a Blues Brothers reference, of course
    01:04 – one was Mike, obviously; and the other was Schmoe
    01:40 – one of those photos…

Jimmy in Indianapolis

    02:49 – the Roger Clyne simulcast, live from Florida
    04:06 – actually, the opposite: as host of the conference call, picking up on Schmoe meant I put Mike and Greg on hold
    05:52 – here’s your chance to read along with Schmoe…  (More notes after.)

Gents,

Listed below is a review of the concert from last night. An incredible show to say the least.

Buffet Concert Review
Alpine Valley July 19, 2008

The tour of the parking lot prior to the show was unbelievable. It had been raining all morning. The sun came out & it got hot & humid. Everyone had been drinking a lot. Let’s just say that for July 19th 2008, the Alpine Valley parking lot became the intersection of Sodom & Gomorra!

The Show:
They played AC/DC’s ‘You shook Me All Night Long’ to get the crowd pumped up. Then they played Hot, Hot, Hot. Then Jimmy took the stage alone to start the show. Jimmy was very loose with the comments when he came out as well as all throughout the night. I t was just like the concert in Glendale, AZ for the opening of a new Margaretville. Jimmy was loose that day also. It was the old Jimmy. He wasn’t patronizing the crowd. He was just having a good time & saying what was on his mind.

Set List
1     Why Don’t We Get Drunk
Although I think this song has been overplayed over the years, Jimmy’s solo version of this song on this tour was a very good performance and sure was a surprise he opened the show with this one. Jimmy stated that he needed to do this song to appease the rain gods of Alpine Valley.

2     Home Made Music
I never really liked this song, even the original version on ‘Hot Water’. I did not like the Pine Knob version either. When they played it tonight, I thought it sounded pretty good. Interesting fact: Russell Kunkel co wrote this song. Russ played drums on seven James Taylor albums.

3     Tiki Bar Is Open.
This one was OK. It needed more horns. It needed Amy Lee & Tom Mitchell. I always enjoyed watching John, Amy & Tom.

4     Fruit Cakes
Jimmy updated the lyrics. It was a great performance of this song. The video screens showed the parties in the parking lot before the show.

5     Pencil Thin Mustache
One of my favorite tunes. John Lovell’s performance was outstanding.

6     Miss You So Badly
Great song, great performance.

7     5’Oclock Somewhere
Another great song. Mac was great with this one.

8     Changes in Latitudes
Jimmy and the band got the crowd rockin’ during this song. You’d have to be there to really get a sense of how the crowd was during this song.

9     Cowboy in the Jungle
I love the original from Son of a Son of a Sailor better. It just doesn’t translate very well live for me.

10     Brown Eyed Girl
This one is always an Alpine Valley favorite. Jimmy & the band rocked this one. This song gets a crowd reaction that matches Margaretville.

11     Cheeseburger in Paradise
A great performance of this song.

12     Come Monday
I never get tired of hearing this one. Jimmy did the beach band configuration with Mac, Ralph & Robert which was fantastic.

13     One Particular Harbor
Jimmy talks about Tahiti & how it inspired him to write this song. There was video footage of him in Tahiti from what looks like the mid to late 80’s with the old band before the PM band joined. There was Sam Clayton, a young Mike Utley & a young Robert G.

14     License To Chill
The performance of this song puts the Chicago DVD version to shame. The band was in sync on this one.

Intermission
Sports Illustrated Video
Dukes on Sunday Video
Another Saturday Night Video

Note:
I could not understand why the roadies were reconfiguring Gunthie’s drum kit. You don’t usually make big changes to a drum kit during intermission like they were changing this one. I soon found out why!!!!!!!!!!!!

15     Bo Diddley Tribute

Hey Bo Diddley
Jimmy started to talk about the death of Bo Diddley & was going to do a tribute. I looked on the stage & the guy in the red shirt look familiar. Was it? YES IT WAS!!!! Fingers Taylor on stage!!!! I could not believe it!!!! The performance of ‘Hey Bo Diddley’ was absolutely incredible. Jimmy, Mac Ralph, Fingers, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcom jut put on one hell of a performance. Fingers was just unbelievable!!

16     Juke Joint Duo
Jimmy & the band left the stage for Juke Joint & Fingers to perform a song. This was an incredible performance! It was just Fingers, Cedric & Malcom.. What can I say? It was just drums, guitar & harmonica & they filled Alpine Valley with an incredible wall of sound. I was speechless. Has Jimmy and the band ever left the stage and handed the crowd of 40,000 to another band? If not, this has got to be a first!

17     Ass & the Hole
Mac did a fabulous job on this one. As Jimmy promised, Spring break Johnny came out of his shell.

18     Stars On the Water
This is one of listener Ed’s favorite songs. The PM band rocked this one out. But, I will have to say, the best live performance of this song was on ‘Live by the Bay’. Fingers rocked this one. If only Josh Leo could be here! Right before this song started, Fingers was doing a shot of something with either Mac or Peter. I could not tell.

19     Son of a Son of a Sailor
Jimmy talks about the navy & visiting the troops. They showed video footage of Jimmy & Mac’s visit to the sailors on the USS Harry S. Truman. Again, Fingers was just great.

20     Volcano
Fingers was out of control on this one. He did an outstanding performance. Having Fingers on stage really had a positive affect on the band. Every time he was out there, the rest of the band would just turn it up a notch. He would walk around while playing & just look at another band member & that member just would just pour their heart & soul into that particular song they were playing.

21     Making Music for Money
I will have to say that I did not care for Nadir’s version of this song from the Pine Knob concert. I always thought that only Jimmy should perform songs from the A1A album. However, Nadir really belted out the lyrics on this performance. I think it was because Fingers was also on stage. Fingers rocked this one.

22     School Boy Heart
Wow! This was another great performance. The band was in sync and everyone just rocked on this one!

23     In The City
The vocal harmonies were just fantastic on this one. This is another example of the band just being in sync tonight. I liked Mac’s comments about the first time his picture was taken in public after leaving Mississippi. And I quote “It was the second time a McAnally had his picture taken and there was no bible in one hand & a shotgun in the other”.

24     Pirate Looks at 40
A great live performance with the added treat of Fingers on stage. I can’t say it enough. Fingers just made this song extra special.

25     Band Intros
Jimmy talked about the article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel on the band.

26     Far Side Of The World
A great performance along with video footage from Jimmy’s trip to Cambodia or Vietnam.

27     Southern Cross
I never get tired of this one. They always do a great job with this song & having Fingers on stage gives it that extra touch of class.

28     Margaretville
The crowd just went wild during this one! Fingers was playing on one of Utley’s keyboards during this song and him & Utley were just having a great time. Jimmy added the lost verse.

29     Fins
Another great Fingers performance.

30     Rainy Day Women
The band just let loose with this one. It was a great, great performance. Again, Fingers just rocked! He poured everything he had into this song. John Lovell also did a great job on this song. There was also some strange smell or odor in the air during this song.

31     Distantly In Love
I was very impressed with Jimmy performance on this song. In the past he always did the acoustical ‘last song’ differently that the original version. Songs like ‘Stories We Could Tell’, ‘Lovely Cruise’, ‘He Went to Paris’ were always performed differently when Jimmy does these ‘unplugged’ encores. Jimmy can do what he wants, he owns the songs but, I always thought they should sound like the original. With ‘Distantly in Love’ it sounded very much like the original version & was just a great performance.

BEST PERFORMANCES
Fingers Taylor                 Here Comes Bo Diddley, Rainy Day Women,
                                           Making Music for Money
Mac                                   Ass & the Hole
John Lovell                     Pencil Thin Mustache & Rainy Day Women
Jimmy                               Distantly In Love

BEST SONGS
School Boy Heart
In the City
Here Comes Bo Diddley
Come Monday
Changes In Latitudes

I can say that of all the live Buffet concerts I have been to and seen on DVD, this concert was the best. Watching Fingers performing on stage was an unforgettable experience. When I did my review of ‘Live by the Bay’ I mentioned that Jimmy’s old band interacted well with each other and that the PM Band just sort of stayed in their little spot during the concert. Jimmy was real loose that night and was taking jabs at members of the band and they were starting to loosen up a little.

After Fingers took the stage, everything changed. It was like he flipped a switch & the rest of the band came alive. I have never seen the (PM) band interact as well as they did on this night. Fingers was such a motivating factor in the rest of the band’s performance that night. Everyone was smiling. Gunthie was smiling & he never smiles. Doyle Grisham was smiling and he rarely smiles. Jim Mayer who moves around a little during the show was just all over the place this night.

You just had to be there!

Listener Ed

p.s. Tina looked great!

    06:22 – a week prior, Jimmy, interviewed by none other than Mike Utley (at the July 22 show in Pittsburgh), talked about such an incongruous song appearing in his warm-up playlist.

    07:14 – the concert clips were recorded directly off my Sirius radio, as opposed to off the Sirius web stream like I usually do. To get a good signal the radio was outside while we stayed inside to record Episode 77. It rained that night, and the radio was protected only by the umbrella of a patio table on Schmoe’s deck.
    08:39 – I am dead wrong on this one. I completely forgot he did indeed do “Fruitcakes” at Pine Knob, with me standing right there to hear it. Although I remained convinced I had not heard it for days after. (Shades of that one long ago concert where Mike did not hearing “Changes in Latitudes”.)
    17:33 – Bo Diddley, in Wikipedia
    18:48 – Juke Joint Duo, on MySpace
    19:23 – “Listen to what I say, not what you hear.” Quote of the Episode!
    19:51 – “Skinny Woman“, from YouTube
    21:31 – Scott is reading from the bio on the Juke Joint Duo MySpace page
    21:47 – Calvin Johnson (musician) vs Calvin Johnson (American football), in Wikipedia
    27:53 – as mentioned in Episode 13
    29:11 – the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, previously mentioned in Episode 76
    31:18 – there’s a time-cut here. Schmoe would not usually pee that quickly
    35:59 – nope. It’s not his ceiling fan. Those internal mics always crackle when using Skype — but when used with any other application, they sound extremely good.
    34:22 – “this long” as in three hours!
    34:31 – yeah, Greg wishes!
    35:02 – obviously this comes from earlier in the recording.
    A few things were edited out of this session, not the least of which was an injury at Greg’s house where a heavy frozen food fell out of his freezer, injuring the bare foot of a house guest. One giant chunk of conversation involved Scott discovering Woot.com had a deal on bacon salt — a product we had never heard of before but took an instant liking to just on the name alone. As Schmoe is always saying “Everything tastes better with bacon.” I regret having excised this, especially as Scott has been quick to bring up the subject of bacon salt in subsequent recordings. (Plus the fact Mike, now that we’re using Skype to contact him in Houston, has permanently labeled the crackle coming from Schmoe’s laptop as “bacon noise”.)

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Episode 77: Don’t Drink and Drivel

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Show Notes:
Recorded Sunday, July 20 2008 (12:30 AM – 1:30 AM) at Casa de Schmoe
    “Mike was free and in town which set in motion this bonus podcast. We study the first concert of the third leg of the tour; but we waited so long to begin, we were well in our cups by the start recording, leading to one of our wildest, loudest, most drunken episodes!”

    I think the original intent was to podcast with the Alpine Valley show in the background, but instead we ended up listening to the show and partying. And then, later on, Scott remembered the RCPM show in Florida was being streamed online. (The stream was archived — both RCPM and opening act Shurman — and we embedded it into the blog the following morning, as seen below.)
    Also, I took advantage of Schmoe’s wi-fi to do our own streaming, broadcasting some of the podcast live on Live Video.com. Here is the footage from that failed experiment. The spill is Greg’s. And Mike is writhing about to the Photo Booth roller coaster effect on Scott’s MacBook.

That said, here are the show notes:
    00:00 – as always, Schmoe and Mike are reminiscing over then events covered in Episode 69A
    01:31 – as seen in the show notes of Episode 71
    03:20 – told you. It’s Episode 2
    03:29 – I can’t even remember is this made it into a show or not, but this is a reference to Mike and Schmoe texting each other in order to listen to RCPM’s “Mekong” at the same time. [Oh yeah that’s right: it was first mentioned in the Episode 75 transcript.]
    07:42 – from “The Nude Man” episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Season 3. And yes, I am liberally paraphrasing the skit.
    08:02 – Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog had premiered the previous week, on July 15
    08:47 – … you know … on the Orca? … in the movie Jaws?
    09:56 – at long last, we’ve uploaded the photo in question. Check out Greg’s pose here and here, and then picture Mike with his hands up by his chest like bunny paws. Actually, why not picture Mike in a whole big bunny costume? (I am reminded we made similar jokes in Episode 65 — when Greg was in attendance!)
    12:48 – both of these were mentioned in Schmoe’s ultimate setlist, also from Episode 71
    13:11 – Schmoe’s fourcast was discussed in Episode 74
    18:41 – no, I think it was “Coconut Telegraph” that had the rough start
    23:29 – Sailor Jerry
    25:26 – mentioned during our “Lost Episode” (Episode 75), here’s some YouTube footage of that appearance
    29:21 – Schmoe refers to the Season 2 episode of WKRP in Cincinnati titled “For Love or Money”

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Episode 76: Mic Check

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 16 2008 (9:00 PM – 10:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub. Brownstown MI
    “Wherein our heroes talk about … umm … ehhh … stuff … kinda. And at least Mickey proves he can record and make phone calls at the same time. (Voices: Scott, Greg, Mickey, Mike, Schmoe and special guest Ashley.)”

    01:45 – Kenny Chesney seeks inspiration from Mike’s instrument, via Buffett News
    02:36 – Martin Guitar
    02:53 – Buffett underscores Shark Week, via Buffett News
    04:13 – the highly recommended Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on the Coral Reefers
    05:53 – as discussed in Episode 71
    06:50 – Government Honey
    07:03 – Mike adds that former Government Honey guitarist “Brian Engelhart played a record 44 hours in 2005. This was on the GH website, but Jim let his URL expire and someone squatted it. So, no URL. I did some searching to find another, but all I got were hits on some kid that apparently broke the record this June.”
    08:28 – I am knowingly being highly optimistic
    08:44 – ** SPOILER WARNING: he makes it **
    09:50 – Trenton’s website and on Wikipedia
    10:55 – as mentioned in Episode 63
    11:18 – a Mystery Science Theater 3000 reference

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Episode 75: The Missing Episode

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 9 2008 (9:30 PM – 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub. Brownstown MI
    “Also know as the “Bzz, bzz-bzz-bzz, bzz, bzz” Episode. Schmoe, Greg, Scott, Mickey, DJ, and Mike engage in another fourcast, with disastrous results.”

    Mike is back in Houston, and our return to using a speakerphone was our worst attempt ever. Maybe it’s because it’s the first time we’ve tried this at Joe’s Prime Time, maybe it’s because I don’t know what I’m doing, maybe I should set everything up before I start drinking; but, not only did we get GSM noise again, we got continual and constant GSM noise!
    I tried playing around with the recording but there’s no way to salvage it. I tried turning it mono (using the side with slightly less buzz), I tried re-equalizing it, I tried various filters, but nothing worked well enough. The more I try to phase out the GSM noise the more I lose in overall audio quality; and the less tweaking I do the more annoyingly unlistenable it stays.
    So here’s a compromise.
    Instead of the usual MP3 in our podcast feed, I’ve typed up a transcript of the recording. Download the PDF here or read it below, and this way we can share what we recorded without your having to suffer through listening to it. Pretend it’s just like one of our other shows. Or get some friends together and act out all the parts. (Make sure to use some kind of effect for Mike, such as talking into a coffee can.)

Episode 75 Transcript by WAOTNC on Scribd

    For the heck of it, we turned the transcript into an ebook for Kindle, too. You can buy it from Amazon’s Kindle Store (for a 99¢ fee, mind you) or you add it manually by downloading it here (for free). We have a free ePub version as well, for iPads and Nooks.
    Update: added August 29, here’s an outtake, videotaped after the show, where Greg gives his review of the Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker:

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Episode 74: Coverville

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 25 2008 (9:00 PM – 10:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub. Brownstown MI
    “We’ve complained in the past about the prevalence of cover songs in Jimmy’s albums and on tour, but now, in a new North Coast fourcast, we choose what covers we do like. A big crowd tonight with Schmoe, Greg, Mike, Mickey, Scott, Patti, and Larry on the panel, with guest appearances by DJ, Nathan, and Rachel.”

    We had a huge turnout for this one. Scott returned, Greg was back, and even past participants Patti and Larry showed up. All making for a lively and loud conversation. In fact, we had such a big crowd Scott and DJ sat at a different table, which explains why Scott sounds a bit off-mic.
    The episode title obviously refers to the far superior Coverville podcast, at Coverville.com. (There was talk of maybe using “Coveritaville” instead.)
    00:11 – it sounds like Schmoe says “Jew”. This isn’t an edit, so don’t blame me. That’s the way it sounds on the recording.
    00:17 – Patti hasn’t been on a panel since Episode 55, and, before that, way back in Episode 2. Her homecoming might have been a bigger deal if she hadn’t just appeared in our tailgate recording two episodes ago.
    00:51 – Greg was really hoping to get a picture of Rachel when she came back to our room, so it was particularly funny when it was Larry who brought us our round of beers instead (at 03:55).
    01:21 – Margaritaville Rum, via Buffett News. Out in September.
    02:24 – Nadirah Shakoor’s YouTube page. …Or is that iTube? …uTunes? (Don’t forget to click “More info” for the full write-up on this video and her album.)
    03:22 – Join the Band info at Little Feat.net | Link to Amazon’s page | Link to iTunes’s soon-to-be-live page
    04:24 – This is the chef, at the bar’s entrance, of which Schmoe speaks. And, as you can probably guess, Greg’s instruction to go left is deliberately incorrect (hence my comment).
    05:22 – note to self: the pig’s name is Rumpy and the boy’s name is Barley. The book even states this on every chapter, but I still get them confused.
    05:53 – Famous Dave’s
    07:40 – Amazon link for Sonny Landreth’s From the Reach album
    08:15 – Amazon link for Jake Shimabukuro’s Gently Weeps album
    08:36 – the band is Pearl Jam, with their “2008 Bootleg Program“. The concerts actually are available on CD, if desired, but are also available in MP3 or FLAC.
    Little Feat sells their concerts too! Come on, Jimmy, start serving concerts at the Radio Margaritaville site!
    08:52 – I think this is what Larry is talking about
    09:34 – Commonwealth Displays
    10:51 – Link to Zodiac Racquet Club … as soon as they join the 21st century and get a website
    11:40 – Scott is of the opinion we’re repeating ourselves with this episode’s fourcast. He is part right. In Episode 23, Covers Charge, one question in our fourcast dealt with our favorite cover song. And now, all four parts of tonight’s fourcast deal with our favorite covers.
    19:58 – actually, it’s written by Big Al Anderson, Stephen Bruton, and Sharon Vaughn; and has in fact been covered at least twice. Big Al Anderson’s version of “Trip Around the Sun” is on After Hours, available at Big Al Anderson.com; while Stephen Bruton‘s version is on Nothing But the Truth.
    20:04 – a Goldmine writer’s opinion on Covers vs Remakes
    23:08 – feel free to add your own cricket sound effect here
    24:09 – a.k.a. Southgate Fireworks.com. (And if those commercial breaks aren’t enough, why not another one?)
    26:03 – it irks me I studied the discography so carefully but I still forgot about the Margaritaville Café compilations.
    28:42 – Will Kimbrough – and, hey, he’s got a podcast!
    29:50 – Jesse Winchester
    30:55 – “California Promises” is off the Steve Goodman album Affordable Art, available at Steve Goodman.net
    31:04 – “Boats to Build”, written by Guy Clark, is the title track of his album and is also on Jerry Jeff Walker’s Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
    31:13 – “She’s Going Out of My Mind” is off Mac McAnally’s 1989 album Simple Life; and, by the way, “It’s My Job” is off his 1980 album Cuttin’ Corners
    33:46 – that’s Larry’s ringtone, which I guess, being written by Irving Szathmary, could be considered its own cover
    34:23 – I know, we’re all thinking it, but she was referring to her fists
    34:49 – the “U.P.” refers of course to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Did Rachel tell us she’s from St Ignace? I don’t remember.
    35:57 – oops, I was supposed to edit that part out. Cue the evil, Dr Horrible-like laugh!
    And finally, here’s another behind-the-scenes video from our recording session, with outtakes and deleted scenes.

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Episode 73: The Chicken Wrap Concert Wrap-Up Rap

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 18 2008 (10:00 PM – 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub. Brownstown MI
    “Another look at Jimmy’s Pine Knob show, along with the final dates of the tour’s second leg, Mickey monologues about Saturday Night Live, and Rachel helps out with three — count ’em, three — jokes.”

    00:02 – for the record, Greg’s was the first hiccup, with Mike’s reenactment following.
    00:29 – no, it won’t
    00:46 – Thursday, July 17, at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati OH
    00:57 – either Audacity or Vista. I blame Vista.
    01:32 – courtesy of gingerbreadman at the Buffett News discussion board, here’s a WMV file of Jimmy and Mac doing “Coast of Carolina”
    01:53 – gingerbreadman comes through again with the complete pre-show interview from Pine Knob
    02:48 – chippewa, of the Buffett News board, offers a couple nice photos of Jimmy in the Red Wings jersey. And this is Schmoe’s idea of a “Tin Cup Chalice”.
    09:25 – Greg insists he is mocking me with that pronunciation
    12:00 – I completely failed to mention the return of “We’re Still Here” during the MSG show for the only time this leg
    12:02 – once again I have misremembered. Jimmy ragged on our follow-spot operator while introducing “One Particular Harbour” but mentioned him in New York during the introduction to “Cowboy in the Jungle”.
    12:12 – that errant voice is actually someone barging into the back room to see the new LED palm trees (shown in the preceding blog entry)
    18:30 – as always, this clip is edited for time
    19:22 – WDIV Channel 4 were also the geniuses who delayed Late Night with David Letterman an entire day for Our Gang and Barney Miller reruns. WKBD Channel 50 was an independent UHF channel, but more recently was a UPN and now CW affiliate.
    20:50 – Buffett News’s story on the Little Feat album
    21:09 – Amazon link for Sonny Landreth’s new From the Reach album
    21:16 – the song is “Hell at Home”, but it’s only new if you’ve never heard Sonny’s album The Road We’re On from 2003. Which I haven’t.
    21:43 – remember, Scenes You Know By Heart is only available at Walmart, Sam’s Club, and, of course, Mailboat Records
    22:35 – an old quote of Schmoe’s
    22:49 – as heard at the tail end of Episode 70
    23:03 – I know, it’s not. This is.
    23:18 – Journey’s new lead singer

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Episode 72: Two for One

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Show Notes:
Recorded Tuesday, June 10 2008 (11:00 PM – 12:30 AM) at Pine Knob, Clarkston MI
Recorded Wednesday, June 11 2008 (9:00 PM – 10:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub in Brownstown MI
    “A special double feature in the wake of Jimmy’s 2008 concert performance. (Appearances by Scott, Greg, Jacob, Patti, her cousin Debbie, Schmoe’s daughter Kate, and others.)”

    Hey kids, it’s our second “Tales from the Parking Lot” show! By the way, it might not make the best podcast for driving since there are a lot of car horns in it. And now onto the show notes…
    00:39 – wrong again. It’s Lynyrd Skynyrd.
    01:49 – thanks to gingerbreadman, of the Buffett News discussion board, we got to hear Jimmy’s Radio Margaritaville pre-show interview after the concert
    02:08 – according to Wikipedia, Pine Knob Music Theatre became DTE Energy Music Theatre in 2001. That’s longer that I thought but still not long enough for Schmoe’s talk radio callers to be ignorant of.
    03:12 – the DTE Energy FAQ lists capacity at “15,274 Total *7,202 pavilion, *8,072 lawn seats”.
    04:11 – the Freep‘s Garden Fresh Gourmet article
    04:40 – at the tailgate the night before, Mike and Schmoe joked how they only needed to add milk to turn the Margaritaville “Island Lime” chips into a kid’s breakfast cereal
    04:57 – Scott related how he had witnessed a woman win the opportunity to board the Margaritaville party bus. She presented a laminated certificate from WYCD 99.5 “Detroit’s Country” (née “Young Country”) — whose only claim to Buffett is the License to Chill album! — which had a booth near the front gates.
    05:42 – and here’s where we get invaded by the Prime Time Pub softball team. They had been enjoying a celebratory meal on the patio, but it had been a muggy day and I guess the mosquitos were too bad and drove them inside.
    06:14 – because of Episode 67, of course
    06:26 – yes, it was only around eleven:o’clock when we started recording
    06:42 – recognize the little audio cue? Can you guess where it originated?
    08:00 – my guess is Schmoe is referring to their July 17 2006 concert
    09:48 – yep, that’s right, back on July 20 1994!
    10:13 – incredibly, Palacenet did not put out a single port-a-john, even though the lot opened at 2 PM
    11:12 – that’s somebody driving over some glass
    11:40 – another Roger Clyne reference, this time to Mike & Schmoe’s fabled Circus Mexicus show where Roger urged to crowd to “pace yourself” … until changing his mind near the end of the show. Probably mentioned in Episode 69A but I don’t feel like listening to it to find out.
    13:36 – for those paying attention back in Episode 64, I bought one of Mike’s tickets and I sold my tickets to Patti and her cousin.
    13:47 – you can see our angle in my cellphone pictures, in the preceding blog entry
    18:42 – I Twitter’d on the road and during the concert
    20:29 – visit Sonny Landreth at Sonny Landreth.com
    21:25 – said because Jimmy had messed around with the song order at the June 5 Atlanta show
    21:33 – but, no one noticed we missed out on hearing the new “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season” arrangement
    22:12 – said because Jake had announced the appearance on his website
    23:08 – some nice shots of Jimmy wearing the jersey, courtesy of chippewa on the Buffett News discussion board
    23:57 – just to set the stage: you can’t hear it, but the Tommy Bahama lady (and her beau) pull up in a second vehicle, as the Palacenet worker drives off
    24:40 – aw heck, why not: here’s a link to Tommy Bahama
    24:43 – a reference to Sharkjaws Adam’s appearance in Episode 71
    24:49 – evidently she though I said “Prove it” because she leaned forward and it really looked to me like she was going to undo her bikini top — and I wonder if that’s why her beau suddenly cut the conversation short and drove off
    26:47 – the True Colors tour
    28:24 – did you guess yet? Did you? It’s from the opening to “Dreamsicle”!
    28:30 – another Roger Clyne shout-out. The song playing is “Ashes of San Miguel”.
    29:44 – maybe “daily” is too strong, I have no way of knowing. But weekly? Every other day? Venues don’t clean their port-a-johns, do they? Don’t they just have some company swap-in fresh ones?

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Episode 71: Listerween

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Show Notes:
Recorded Saturday, June 7 2008 (10:00 PM – 11:00 PM) at Casa de Schmoe, Dearborn MI
    “The boys make their deadline just under the wire, reviewing the last three of their ultimate setlists in time to hear Jimmy’s own carefully chosen setlist on Tuesday. (Background vocals: Schmoe’s & Mike’s kids and a few oscillating fans.)”

    Phew. I’m too old for these ten-hour, all-nighter editing sessions. I was determined to publish this episode before the June 10 concert — secretly in hopes our selections might somehow influence Jimmy’s own setlist — so I edited between midnight and seven AM Monday night, crashed till nine, and then finished up the episode at noon. And, then caught a nice cold for the concert.
    But enough about me. Here are the notes:
    5:15 – Rock Band DLC “Cheeseburger” on YouTube. As always, the clips has been edited for time.
    6:02 – Rock Band DLC “Volcano” on YouTube
    6:28 – Rock Band DLC “Margaritaville” on YouTube
    6:35 – oh yeah, that was Episode …hgshajmmsn
    6:53 – and who appeared in Episode 24
    7:35 – the June 8 New York Times bestsellers [via Buffett News]
    7:45 – the Billboard interview [via Buffett News]
    7:50 – UPI’s “Not Retiring Any Time Soon” article [via Buffett News]
    8:28 – iTunes link for Jackson Browne’s “Lives in the Balance” song (just imagine the chorus sung slower and less emphatic)
    9:05 – Walmart’s sale page and Mailboat Records’ sale page. It doesn’t look like Sam’s Club sells the DVD online.
    9:27 – another incident with Greg which has become folklore.

This is Scott’s setlist
for you to read along (as a PDF),
just like the Word DOC he sent us back on April 29.

    But, as mentioned in Episode 68, this, for some reason, is what Greg saw…

The perils of tabs and Lucida Grande

    10:30 – Club Trini’s Late Night Live
    13:26 – and…

this is Schmoe’s long, involved, and highly detailed setlist
(also as a PDF)

    14:24 – at Pine Knob they’ll let you get by with drinking if you at least conceal your beverage, which led me to the ingenious idea of pouring my beers into a Vernor’s ginger ale bottle.
    14:43 – Orson Welles by way of Edgar Alan Poe by way of Alan Parsons’ Tales of Mystery and Imagination (the 1987 remaster)
    16:43 – a lame impression of Homer in “Flaming Moes”
    22:06 – Jay and the Americans
    25:15 – Mike drafted his setlist on the spot and there was no need to e-mail it to anyone, thus there is no PDF to share. Instead, we’ll just note the titles as he reads them:

Mike’s Setlist

One Particular Harbour
Coconut Telegraph
Livingston Saturday Night
Boat Drinks
Leaky Little Boat
Cowboy in the Jungle
We are the People Our Parents Warned Us About
Come Monday
Creola
Distantly in Love
Dreamsicle
Son of a Son of a Sailor
Fins
Margaritaville

Brahma Fear (w/ Fingers)
Tin Cup Chalice (w/ Fingers)
Growing Older But Not Up (w /Fingers)
CILCIA
Mañana
Volcano
He Went to Paris
Lovely Cruise
A Pirate Looks at Forty / Redemption Song
Banana Republics
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
It’s Five o’Clock Somewhere
Treat Her Like a Lady

First Encore
Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
Twelve Volt Man

Second Encore
Wonder Why We Ever Go Home

    Here’s an outtake from tonight, captured after our recording was done. Being a follow-up to Mike’s traumatic cactus attack, you might even consider it a sequel to the movie from Episode 69A.

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Episode 70: One Run, Two Sets

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, May 28 2008 (10:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Casa de Schmoe, Dearborn MI
    “The title refers to both Crazy Rummy and the fact Greg and Mickey finally offer up the
first of our ultimate setlists. (Special guests: Nathan and Rachel the Singing Waitress.)”

    Joe’s Prime Time was packed when we assembled. We hadn’t realized so many people would show up to watch Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals there and we were forced to start recording much later than usual while we waited for the place to clear out.

    03:44 – Margaritaville Cargo.com site, the Margaritaville Retail site, and the Soles of the Tropics footwear site
    05:10 – the June 1 New York Times Bestsellers List and Publishers Weekly‘s list
    05:59 – Amazon’s Swine Not? listing
    06:48 – here’s an image of Greg’s Excel spreadsheet setlist (click on it to download the full spreadsheet, in PDF format):

Thumbnail of Greg’s XLS file

    07:57 – that was a waitress noticing how bored Nathan was
    11:00 – Timothy B Schmit.com
    11:21 – recently discussed in Episode 51
    11:31 – as discussed in Episode 69B, Mike has developed a fondness for the sounds of the Carnival Steel Drum Collection Jimmy Buffett tribute CDs. Here are Amazon’s links to Volume 8 and Volume 11
    11:50 – Clarence Clemons.com
    13:56 – Martina McBride.com
    14:08 – Shari Belafonte’s Wikipedia page
    16:49 – and here’s my list, copy-and-pasted right out of Notepad. (Why Notepad? I wrote it at work.)

Mickey’s Ultimate Setlist

First Set
01. Gravity Storm [alt: Carnival World]
02. Weather is Here wish You Were Beautiful
03. Boat Drinks
04. Coastal Confessions
05. The Pascagoula Run
06. Lone Palm
07. Quietly Making Noise [alt: It’s Midnight and I’m Not Famous Yet]
08. He Went to Paris
09. Only Time will Tell [alt: Nothing But a Breeze]
10. Island
11. Son of a Son of a Sailor
12. Cheeseburger in Paradise
13. Volcano
14. Margaritaville

Club Trini remains on stage for intermission

Second Set
15. Nautical Wheelers (solo acoustic)
16. Brahma Fear (solo acoustic)
17. The Wino and I Know (solo acoustic)
18. West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown (acoustic with Mr Utley on piano)\
19. Livingston Saturday Night
20. Far Side of the world [alt: Don’t Chu Know / Lage Nom Ai]
21. Dreamsicle
22. Tampico Trauma
23. Window on the World [alt: Piece of Work]
24. Come Monday
25. Gypsies in the Palace
26. A Pirate Looks at 40
27. Fins
28. One Particular Harbour

First Encore
29. Last Man Standing
30. I Have Found Me a Home
31. Someday I Will

Second Encore
33. Jolly Mon Sing
32. Tin Cup Chalice

Third Encore
33. African Friend

    22:45 – actually I think Greg was ripping on Mike, who, following a concert many years ago, had been disappointed Jimmy had not performed “Changes” when Jimmy actually had. And I didn’t even tell my own story well. What I meant was that immediately upon finishing “One Particular Harbour” I guessed that Jimmy’s very next introduction was for “One Particular Harbour”. I’ve learned to hold my liquor better since then.
    23:47 – ** SPOILER WARNING ** here’s some behind the scenes trivia for you. Through some clever editing, the waitress I order my Landshark from at 22:56 and the waitress who forgets my Landshark are actually two different people.

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